Case for hypodermic needles.



J. PAYNE.

CASE FOR HYPODERMIG NEEDLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1911.

1,045,607, Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

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JOSEPH PAYNE, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

CASE FOR HYPODERMIC NEEDLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

Application filed September 2, 1911. Serial No. 647,446.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH PAYNE, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, and resident of Melrose, in the county of Middlesex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cases for I-Iypodermic Needles, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a case for holding andexcluding air and dampness from hypodermic needles and for preventingthe rusting of the points of the needles.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisspecification,-Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a needle caseembodying my invention; Fig. 2 rep resents a longitudinal section of thesame; Fig. 3 represents a section on line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4:represents a sectional view of a modified form of holder embodying myinvention.

Similar reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in allthe figures.

Referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 12 represents a block of wood orother suitable material in which are formed a series of pockets 13 eachadapted to receive the hub 141 of a hypodermic needle 15. The body isalso provided with a cavity 16 communicating with the inner ends of thepockets 13 and containing a filling 17 of cotton or other absorbentmaterial containing Vaseline or other agent for preventing the formationof rust on needle points inserted in the filling. The walls of thepockets 13 are provided with stops adapted to engage the hubs 14 andlimit the entrance of the needle points into the filling 17. As hereshown, the stops are the outer ends of tapered portions of the pockets,the outer portions of the pockets being of uniform diameter and formedto receive the hubs 1 1 which bear upon the outer extremities of thetapered portions. The pockets l3 and cavity 16 are so proportionedrelative to the needles that when the latter are inserted in the pocketsthe points of the needles project partly but not wholly across thecavity 16 so that the points are embedded in the filling 17 withoutcoming in contact with the wall of the cavity 16. The outer ends of thepockets are sealed by independently removable closures 18 which arepreferably pieces of thick paper or cardboard glued to the exterior ofthe body and adapted to be removed one by one by a knife or otherinstrument.

The case may be formed as a circular box made in two sections, '12 and12 as shown by Fig. 4, section 12 containing the pockets 13, and thesection l2 forming the cavity for the reception of the filling 17. Thecase when made in this form is preferably circular.

It will be seen that provision is made for excluding air and dampnessfrom the inclosed needles and preventing the rusting of their points.

I claim:

1. A hypodermic needle case comprising a body having a series ofindependent pockets each adapted to receive and protect a needle and itshub, a cavity communicating with the inner ends of the pockets, and anabsorbent penetrable filling confined in said cavity and adapted toreceive and protect the points of hypodermic needles inserted in thepockets, the walls of the pockets having stops adapted to engage thehubs of the needles and limit the entrance of their points into thecavity and filling.

2. A needle case comprising a body having a series of independentpockets each adapted to receive and protect a needle and its hub, acavity communicating with the inner ends of the pockets, an absorbentpenetrable filling in said pockets adapted to receive and protect thepoints of hypodermic needles inserted in the pockets, and independentlyremovable closures secured to the exterior of the body and covering theouter ends of the pockets.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSE-PH PAYNE.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH L. RoBINsoN, P. W. PEZZETTI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G.

